SDCC - Jim Dooley Interview

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Jim Dooley is an Emmy Award-winning composer/songwriter with a diverse repertoire spanning the film, television, video gaming and live theatrical industries. He has earned accolades for his solo work as well as proud collaborations with many of the top names in music, from Hans Zimmer, Kristin Chenoweth to Babyface.

Dooley is currently scoring TNT’s hit drama “The Last Ship” with collaborator James S. Levine. He recently emerged into the Sports industry with his theme for the 2015 Senior PGA Championship, which can be heard on both NBC and the Golf Channel. Jim is currently the composer for “Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events” on Netflix, and the new live-action “Kim Possible” movie coming to The Disney Channel in 2019.

2014 was a busy year for Jim as he scored famed author Nicholas Sparks’ first television event for Lifetime titled “Deliverance Creek.” Two projects featuring Jim’s music were also honored with Academy Award nominations, the animated short “Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare”, and the live-action short “The Buzkashi Boys”.

In Television, Dooley has written original music for FX’s quirky series “Wilfred,” NBC’s “Mockingbird Lane & “Best Friends Forever,” CW’s “Emily Owens, M.D.” TBS’ satirical animated series, “Neighbors from Hell,” and ABC’s critically acclaimed series, “Pushing Daisies,” for which Dooley earned a 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for “Best Original Music Composition for a Series.”

In film, Dooley composed Screen Gems’ thriller “Obsessed” starring Beyoncé Knowles, Simon West’s remake of the cult-classic-thriller “When a Stranger Calls”, and Bahr Productions Inc.’s “The Forger,” starring Hayden Panettiere, Josh Hutcherson, Alfred Molina and Lauren Bacall. Dooley also wrote music for several animated feature scores such as the German animated release “Urmel aus dem Eis” (“Impy’s Island”) and its sequel; DreamWorks Animation’s musically acclaimed short “First Flight,” and worked closely with director Fred Savage on the theatrical sequel “Daddy Day Camp.”

Other projects for DreamWorks include: “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” “Madagascar” and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,” its spin-off short “A Christmas Caper,” the Academy Award-winning “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” and “Operation Got Your 6” featuring First Lady Michelle Obama and the Penguins of “Madagascar.”

Dooley’s expertise in other mediums can be found in the complex, interactive scores for best-selling videogame titles such as “Epic Mickey,” “Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two,” “Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes,” “Infamous” and “Infamous 2,” “NERF: N-Strike”, “Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier,” “SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals,” “U.S. Navy Seals: Combined Assault.”

Dooley is a graduate of New York University, and upon completion of his degree, moved to Los Angeles to study the art of film composing at USC in the SMPTV program with prolific scoring legends Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman. He joined Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) in 1999 and collaborated with Hans Zimmer on DreamWorks’ “Gladiator” and as an additional composer, arranger and orchestrator on Columbia Pictures’ “The Da Vinci Code,” Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” DreamWorks’ “The Ring,” and many others.

        

KIM POSSIBLE
Heroes Kim and Ron face the problems of starting high school as freshmen when their team gets an addition. Every hero needs a villain and one's just been sprung from prison. Will Kim save the world again or will high school bog her down?

SECRET OBSESSION
Recuperating from trauma, Jennifer remains in danger as she returns to a life she doesn't remember.

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

After the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three Baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH JIM DOOLEY
JOURNALIST: JOSEPH FLORES
LOCATION: SAN DIEGO, CA
CONVENTION DATE: COMIC CON JULY 17TH - 21ST
INTERVIEW: JULY 18, 2019

Video/Audio/Edit: James Vallesteros (@jamesvallesteros)

 AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 Winner
Primetime Emmy Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Pushing Daisies (2007) - For episode "Pigeon".

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2010 Winner
ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films - Obsessed (2009) 

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006 Nominee
Stinker Award Most Intrusive Musical Score
When a Stranger Calls (2006) 
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SDCC: Travelers - Adam Lastiwka Interview

Photo Credit: Cody Briggs

Adam Lastiwka (la-STOO-ka) is a Canadian-born film and television composer who hails from the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. He is best known for his work on the globally-renowned Netflix series ‘Travelers’ from ‘Stargate’ creator Brad Wright, and the Emmy-nominated CBC series ‘Interrupt this Program’. In addition, he has also scored over five hundred episodes of popular shows airing on networks such as History, Discovery, Food, Syfy and NatGeo. As a teenager, Lastiwka began to experiment with electronic sequencers, samplers, and computer-based software to explore musical concepts. During this time he also learned of his deep musical lineage, when at the passing of his Grandfather (a carpenter by trade), he discovered various custom-built instruments and numerous vinyl recordings of his performances. This inspiration drove Adam towards the lifelong journey and infallible commitment to being a composer of powerful contemporary music.

At seventeen, Lastiwka distinguished himself as a pioneer of the home studio-based recording movement with a three-album record contract. Simultaneously, he discovered the work of minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich, and others including Aphex twin, Igor Stravinksy and the Silk Road Ensemble. Perhaps most notably, it was at this time that Lastiwka first experienced Peter Gabriel’s score to ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’, which would ignite his focus to scoring for picture. While working at a music store, Lastiwka met award-winning Berklee trained Composer Shawn Pierce, and began an apprenticeship that lasted over seven years. He had the good fortune to work on such shows as the FX series ‘The Bridge’, four seasons of the ABC/CTV series ‘Motive’ the horror series ‘Slasher’ and the Stephen King Syfy hit ‘Haven’.

Lastiwka’s commitment to the craft has been demonstrated by the breadth and caliber of the projects he’s been part of, which range from hundreds of episodes of television and documentaries to feature films, advertisements, trailers, and dozens of full length albums. His multitude of credits include scoring the globally renowned documentary series ‘Yukon Gold’, Food Network favorite ‘Eat Street’, numerous placements such as the Ridley Scott-directed ‘Body of Lies’, ‘The Nice Guys’ and the trailer for 2017 Oscar contender ‘Hostiles’. His fresh, unique and symbiotic commitment to scoring and composition lends itself to a heightened final product in whatever context he’s working. Lastiwka believes in delivering tailored scores to every client and project, and in keeping with that goal, he has dedicated himself to learning the widest possible variety of musical instruments from all corners of the globe. He can fluently perform - and and regularly records - nearly seventy-five instruments. He engages a multitude of live instruments on all of his scores, and he has developed his own distinct voice in all the technical aspects of music creation including mixing, production, sound design, arranging and orchestration.

          

Travelers is a science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore.[1][2] The series was an international co-production between streaming service Netflix and Canadian specialty channel Showcase for its first two seasons, after which Netflix took over as its sole production company and exclusive worldwide distributor. The show premiered in Canada on October 17, 2016 and worldwide on December 23, 2016. A second season followed in 2017, and a third season is due in late 2018.

JBN Journalist, Erik Werlin interviews the team of amazing composers at SDCC.

Nick Soole, Joshua Mosley, Gordy Haab, Selina Wilken, Adam Lastiwka, Tree Adams and Gregory King.
From Left to Right

Adam Lastiwka has composed music for over 500 episodes of television. In addition to scoring season three of 'Travelers', Adam will soon release the season two and three soundtrack to the series, as well as a new album 'Come Back to Earth with Me'. His most recent project is a soon-to-be-released permanent light and sound installation in downtown Vancouver, B.C. called FIELD.

THE JBN TEAM INTERVIEW WITH ADAM LASTIWKA
JOURNALIST: ERIK WERLIN
LOCATION: COMIC CON, SAN DIEGO, CA

Video: Erik Werlin. Audio/Edit: James Vallesteros (@jamesvallesteros)

ADAM LASTIWKA - TRAVELERS COMPOSER
(TV Series) (composer - 24 episodes)
001 (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
SIMON (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
21C (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
UPDATE (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
TRAVELER 0027 (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
17 MINUTES (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
U235 (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
JENNY (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
11:27 (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
JACOB (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
PROTOCOL 4 (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
AVE MACHINA (2017) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
GRACE (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
MARCY (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
KATHRYN (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
BISHOP (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
DONNER (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
PROTOCOL 5 (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
HELIOS 385 (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
ROOM 101 (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC
HALL (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC

ALEKSANDER (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC

PROTOCOL 6 (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC

TRAVELERS (2016) ― COMPOSER: THEME MUSIC

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